Ida B. Wells: Social Activist and Reformer
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Born into slavery in 1862, Ida B. Wells went on to become an influential reformer and leader in the...
Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style
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Suits that pop with loud colors and dazzling patterns, complete with a nearly ubiquitous bowtie,...
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Blake; or, the Huts of America: A Corrected Edition
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Martin R. Delany's Blake (1859, 1861-1862) is one of the most important African American--and indeed...
Charles Burnett: A Cinema of Symbolic Knowledge
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In the first book devoted to Charles Burnett, a crucial figure in the history of American cinema...
The Process
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The Process has the dazzling impact of a drug-inspired dream and, since its publication more than 30...
The Poisonwood Bible
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Barbara Kingsolver's acclaimed international bestseller tells the story of an American missionary...
Swimming Between Worlds
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Taken from Goodreads: From critically acclaimed writer Elaine Neil Orr, a Southern coming-of-age...
Counterpunch: The Cultural Battles Over Heavyweight Prizefighting in the American West
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Boxing was popular in the American West long before Las Vegas became its epicenter. However, not...
Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery
Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer
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The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. As we...
The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History
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In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and...
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